Cornyn, Paxton, Trump and the heated U.S. Senate runoff

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on the potential impact of Donald Trump's endorsement in the John Cornyn-Ken Paxton Senate runoff.

In this week's episode, we're joined by Mark Davis, host of The Mark Davis Show in Dallas-Fort Worth, to discuss whether Donald Trump will endorse pick a side in the John Cornyn-Ken Paxton runoff and what impact that would have.

People in this episode

Host: The Texas Tribune

Guest: Mark Davis

Topics covered

• U.S. Senate runoff
• politics
• endorsements
• Texas elections
• Donald Trump

Keywords

• Cornyn
• Paxton
• Trump
• Senate runoff
• Texas politics
• Mark Davis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Mark Davis Show, Texas Tribune

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